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Adam Silver defends LeBron James after Trump tweet

NBA commissioner Adam Silver has backed LeBron James in his ongoing social media spat with US president Donald Trump.

Trump questioned the intelligence of the four-time MVP in a tweet on Friday but Silver highlighted James' business acumen and philanthropy in his defence of one of the game's leading lights.

"LeBron is one of the all-time greatest NBA players and one of the most accomplished athletes," Silver said in a statement obtained by USA Today.

"He runs a very successful media company. He's sent hundreds of students to college and just opened a school in Akron where at-risk students will receive free tuition, meals and transportation.

"I greatly admire his intelligence and business acumen and have enormous respect and appreciation for what he does in his community."

Statement to USA TODAY Sports from NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, who is in Johannesburg, South Africa for the third NBA Africa Game (in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Foundation), in response to President Trump’s tweet about LeBron James and CNN’s Don Lemon pic.twitter.com/5Q01VX0bt6